Individuals, Worlds Apart, United by the Trauma of Drone Strikes
By John Knefel for Rolling Stone.
On October 25th, the United Nations convened a panel to discuss the United States' controversial overseas drone strike programs. The speakers included human rights advocates, legal scholars and special rapporteurs, all of whom called for the U.S. to make its drone policy more transparent and accountable. But the most moving statement came from Brandon Bryant, a former U.S. Air Force drone operator who logged thousands of hours firing remote missiles at distant targets in Afghanistan and Iraq over six years. "At the end of our pledge of allegiance, we say 'with liberty and justice for all,'" said Bryant, who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his time as a drone operator. "I believe that should be applied to not only American citizens but everyone we interact with as well – to put them on an equal level and treat them with respect."
Why Did America Kill My Mother? Pakistani Drone Victims Come to Congress For Answers
By Matt Sledge for Huffington Post.
WASHINGTON -- He thought little of the U.S. drone buzzing over his family's house one day last year, its incessant sound just one more addition to the rhythm of daily life in northwest Pakistan.
Read moreDroning against the Wind
By M Saeed Khalid for The International News.
It makes sense that the movie Unmanned: America’s drone war, should have a preview for a select audience of Islamabad even before it premiers in the US on October 30. After all, we have been in the frontline of the war on terror since 9/11.
Read morePakistani family recounts drone terror in visit to US
By Daniel De Luce for AFP.
Washington — Nabila Rehman was picking okra in her family garden last year when missiles from a drone rained down from the sky, killing her grandmother and injuring her and seven other children.
Read moreMeet the One-Man legal Machine Pursuing Justice for Pakistani Drone Strike Victims
By Humna Bhojani for AlterNet.
A phone call informed him that his home had been struck by a drone.
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Greenwald Returns to War, Armed, Against Drone Wars
By Ari Noonan for The Front Page Online.
It was inevitable that the politically astute filmmaker who created edgy documentaries about the 2000 Presidential election, “The Whole Truth About the Iraq War,” the Koch brothers and “The War on Whistle Blowers,” next would choose what he regards as the most scandalous government secret du jour:
Read moreAfter a Drone Strike: Pakistani Family Documents Harrowing Experience
By Paul D. Shinkman for US News and World Report.
The sound of armed American drones produces a constant hum over Waziristan in the rural, tribal northern reaches of Pakistan.
Read moreVIDEO: MSNBC's Alex Wagner interviews Drone Strike Survivors from Pakistan
On Friday, November 1st MSNBC's Alex Wagner aired an interview with Rafiq ur Rehman and his two children Zubair and Nabila about their experience living under drones. Their family is profiled in Robert Greenwald's new film Unmanned: America's Drone Wars.
VIDEO: MSNBC's Martin Bashir interviews Robert Greenwald and Drone Strike Survivors
On Monday, October 28th MSNBC's Martin Bashir interviewed Robert Greenwald and the ur Rehman family on their efforts to change the minds of Americans and Congress on the use of drones.
VIDEO: Huffington Post Live interview with ur Rehman Family and Robert Greenwald
On Friday, November 1st Robert Greenwald, Rafiq ur Rehman, Zubair ur Rehman and Nabila ur Rehman join Alyona Minkovski in studio for a HuffPost Live interview.